compare and order fractions greater than 1

Compare and order fractionsgreater than 1

1 Write<,>or=tocomparethefractions.

Usethebarmodelstohelpyou.

a) 53

96

b) 53

159

c) 43

139

2 Write<,>or=tocomparethefractions.

a) 74

128

d) 106

53

g) 188

3216

b) 74

2212

e) 106

52

h) 188

94

c) 2212

106

f) 52

188

i) 94

182

3 Filiphas3 316

bottlesofjuice.

Scotthas3 14

bottlesofjuice.

Whohasmorejuice?

hasmorejuice.

4 Rosie’sribbonis 74

metreslong.

Teddy’sribbonis 78

metreslong.

ExplainwhyRosieiswrong.

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Our ribbons are the same length.

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5 Writethefractionsindescendingorder.

a) 83,

45,

815,

82,

168

b) 73,

129 ,

159 ,

156 ,

79

c) 145 ,

1710,

2710,

31,

4220

6 Findthreepossiblewaystocompleteeachstatement.

a) 14<

4 < 98 c) 4

5 < 8< 8

4

14<

4 < 98

45 < 8

< 84

14<

4 < 98

45 < 8

< 84

b) 14<

15 < 715

14<

15 < 715

14<

15 < 715

7 AlexandDoraeachhavetwoidenticalcakes.

Alexcutseachofhercakesinto6equalpiecesandgives10ofher

friendsapieceeach.

Doracutseachofhercakesinto12equalpiecesandgives18ofher

friendsapieceeach.

Whohasmorecakeleft?

hasmorecakeleft.

8 The greater the numerator, the greater the fraction.

Giveatleastthreeexamplestoshowthatthestatementis

notcorrect.

Alex

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